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Jan 1, 2016 · This means that lingua franca interactions happen, by definition, in multilingual settings: they are bi- or multilingual encounters because they bring into contact and mediate between the linguacultures of two or more speakers. This is as true of English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) as it is of lingua francas of earlier periods of human ...
Jan 1, 2015 · The status of English as a global lingua franca (Gardner 2012; Mauranen 2015; Ricento 2016) and the cultural clout exerted by English-speaking countries, especially the United States, are possible ...
Feb 16, 2015 · Closed 8 years ago. According to a guy on Quora: English became the lingua-franca of the world because of the United states and not England. But, throughout the 17th and 18th century, many Europeans (English, french, Dutch, Spanish, Scottish, Swedish) made their settlements there. But, the US speaks English.
Jun 1, 1999 · Why English? Linguists often say that the English language "has repeatedly found itself in the right place at the right time." But, to add a bit more depth to the "Why English?" question, two reasons have been cited for the pre-eminence of the English language today. One is based on the history of world geography, the other on social/cultural ...
Jun 20, 2017 · And the more countries include English as a second language in their education system, the more English as a lingua franca will remain. So it looks like English fills David Crystal’s lingua franca prerequisite with aplomb, having acquired special status in over seventy countries (including Ghana, Nigeria, India and Singapore, among dozens of ...
Apr 16, 2021 · English as a lingua franca refers to the use of English by non-native speakers as a language of choice. While English does have some competitive advantages over many other languages in terms of ease of adoption, they are not the main reason English has become the global language. In this article, we will explore the phenomenon of English as a ...
